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Making Thank-you Cards – TEALS case study

Background
Gateways and learning outcomes
Defining the brief and establishing the attributes
The production line and quality control
The iced-biscuit production line
Visiting a shoe factory
Designing and selecting the card
Designing a production line
Assessment gateways

Assessment gateways

Gateway 1: Pre-determined Knowledge
Learning Outcomes
Students are able to order pictures of shoemaking production into a sequence; identify inputs, outputs, and processes.

Achievement Objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8.
Assessment criteria
Pictures are placed in correct and logical order.

Photos of inputs, outputs, and processes are identified.
Assessment strategies
Conference about the sequence of shoemaking and whether photos are of inputs, outputs or processes.


Gateway 2: Pre-determined Component of Practice
Learning outcome
Students are able to describe the steps that they will undertake to make a selected card in a production line.

Achievement Objectives:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6a, 6c, 7, 8.
Assessment criteria
Pictures are drawn in correct order.
Assessment strategies
Sequential chart.

Conference.

Designing a production line


Gateway 3: Negotiated Component of Practice
Learning Outcomes
Carry out a key activity as part of a production line using equipment efficiently and safely to produce products to an agreed quality.

Achievement Objectives:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6a-d, 7, 8.
Assessment criteria
Scissors or stamps used efficiently and safely in production line to make cards to meet quality standards agreed to by the class.
Assessment strategies
Observation.

Conference.

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